Franchising technologies for sustainable economic development

Pedagogy for Economic Competitiveness and Sustainable Development

“Throughout our history, there has been a tension between those who have sought to conserve our natural resources for the benefit of future generations and those who have sought to profit from these resources . . . this is a false choice.With smart, sustainable policies, we can grow our economy today and preserve the environment for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren.” President Bara...

Information and Communications Technologies for Economic Development

Sustainable Development and Investment in Information Technologies: A Socio-Economic Analysis

The output of investments in Information Systems and Technologies (IST) has been a topic of debate among the IST research community. The “Productivity Paradox of IST Investments” sustains that the investment in IST does not increase productivity. Some researchers showed that developed countries have been having a rather stable and sometimes declining economic growth despite their efforts in Res...

An environmental-economic measure of sustainable development

A central issue in the study of sustainable development is the interplay of growth and sacrifice in a dynamic economy. This paper investigates the relationship among current consumption, sacrifice and sustainability improvement in a general context and in two canonical, stylized economies. We argue that the maximin value of utility measures what is sustainable and provides the limit to growth. ...

Sustainable Development Indicators and Environmental-Economic Accounting

The central subject of a policy for sustainable development is the coordination of the different sector policies with the objective of finding a balance between conflicting economical, ecological and social goals. The headline indicators for sustainable development itself are mainly a communication tool directed to the general public and the media. They are used for describing important problem...